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Electro-optical device and electronic equipment

US6521913B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 21, 2000
Grant dateFeb 18, 2003
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Expiry dateJul 21, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10F39/8063
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An active matrix driven electro-optical device, such as a liquid crystal device, is provided which is able to add sufficient storage capacitance to pixel electrodes and to decrease the diameter of contact holes connecting with pixel electrodes, even when a fine pixel pitch is employed. The liquid crystal device has TFTs, data lines, scanning lines, storage capacitor lines, and pixel electrodes provided on a TFT array substrate. Each of the pixel electrodes is electrically connected to one of the TFTs by two contact holes through a barrier layer. A part of a semiconductor layer and each of the capacitor lines sandwich a first dielectric film and constitute a first storage capacitor, while a part of the barrier layer and each of the capacitor lines sandwich a second dielectric film and constitute a second storage capacitor.

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